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APPARATUS FOR COUNTING PACKAGES.

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MATIIElV GOTTFRIEI), OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

APPARATUS FOR COUNTING PACKAGES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 402,820, dated May 7', 1889.

Original application filed January 24, 1885, Serial No, 153,818. Divided and this application filed March 19, 1888. Serial No. 267,610. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, MATHEw Gorrrninn, a citizen of the United States, residing at Chicago, in. the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented a new and useful. Apparatus for Counting Packages,'of which the following is a specification.

The object of the present application is to cover the mechanical structures which, for the purpose of embodying them in another application, were withdrawn from my application Serial No. 153,818, filed January 24, 1885, and allowed January 31, 1888.

My invention is to be employed wherever bulky articles or parcels of merchandise of uniform size. are intended to be transferred from store-houses to wagons, or vice versa; but it is peculiarly adapted to the counting of barrels, kegs, &c., used by brewers for the shipment or transmission of beer from the brewery to the place of consumption. Its leading idea is to provide means whereby the number and capacity of the ditterent packages which pass through a way or chute as they are loaded or unloadedas, for instance, beer barrels, kegs, &c.-may be accurately counted and recorded.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a side elevation showing a mechanical recording device applied to a chute terminating at the edge of the wagon to be loaded. Fig. 2 is a rear elevation of suchmeehanical recording device detached. Fig. 3 shows a cam device .t'or operating the markers of the recording device. Fig. at is a plan viewof the rotat ing card-holder. Fig. 5 shows in side elevation a modification of the recording device shown in Fig. 6 is a plan view of the form of apparatus shown in Fig. 1, in which the size of the vessel is made to operate the recording device. Fig. 7 is a side elevation of the devices in which the apparatus is operated by the weight of the vessel. Fig. 8 is a cross-section of a modified form of chute.

veyer, this chute should have sufficient pitch for the vessel o move down by gravity alone. A conveyor, l3, may be added or not, at the pleasure of the constructer. In this form of apparatus a a represent standards extending up on either side of the chute. These standards carry a rock-shaft, C, and this rock-shaft is provided with an arm, D, having one or more fingers, (7, adapted to engage the vessel. This arm is set upon the shaft in such manner that the smallest package passing under it will throw it up, thus rocking the shaft (1 in its bearings in proportion to the size of the vessel. This rocking of shaft 0 operates arecording device.

In Figs. 1 to 5 I have illustrated a mechanical recording device of a very cheap and simple form, which may be employed in connection with either of the forms of apparatus shown for operating this rockshaft. As shown in these figures, this recording device consists of acani or series of Cfil]lS,P, mounted on the rock-shaft C, and adapted to be turned or rocked therewith points or markers adapted to imprint, a card or ribbon to receive the imprint, and mechanism adapted to move the card or ribbon under the markers.

The markers F are supported in a vertical position in the frame-work and yiel din gly sustained by the springs f. Theymay oesimple steel or wooden pins having points adapted to indent paper placed beneath them, or they may strike an interposed inked. ribbon, as in the ordinary type-writer. They may all be of the same length, so as to be operated by a series of cam devices moving in different planes, or of unequal lengths, so as to be operated by a single cam or plunger, and of course they should be as many in number as there are sizes of packages to be recorded.

anism shown for this purpose consists of an arm, Q, upon the rock-shaft C, having a downwardly-projectin g slotted rod, R, pivoted to its outer end and a bell-crank, S, pivoted to the framework T, having one oi itsends adj ustably connected to the slotted rod R, and a dog, U, adapted to work in the ratchetwheel of the table attached to its other end. As the package moves down it raises the arm D, and thus turns the rock-shaft with its connections. This raises the bell-crank S and throws its downwardly projecting portion back, and when the barrel has passed, the arm D drops, throwing the dog U forward, and this operates to revolve the table and card.

In operation the vessel passing down the way or chute under the arm D raises the latter and rocks the shaft 0. This rocking of such shaft operates, through the cam devices P, above mentioned, to depress one or more of the markers accordin as a larger or smaller vessel passes under the arm, and thus to register one or more marks on the card. Thus, if a vessel of the smallest diameter-say an eighthpasses through, only one of the markers is depressed so as to touch the card or ribbon, thus making but one mark. If a vessel of the next larger size-say a quarter passes through, two of the markers are brought into contact with the card, thus making two marks, and so on throughout the series.

In Fig. 7 an apparatus is illustrated in which the weight of the package as it passes down a chute or conveyer is made to operate the rock-shaft O. In this form the package passes at one point over a vibratory platform, H, arranged and adapted to depress a lever, N, secured upon the rock-shaft. This platform may be of any construction desired and placed at any convenient point in the chute. As shown in the drawings, one of its edges is hinged and the other free to be depressed by the weight of the vessel. The long end of the lever N on the rock-shaft is adapted to be drawn down by a coiled spring, weights, or other devices, so as to elevate the short end, and thus bring it into direct or indirect contact with the movable platform. As shown particularly in Fig. 7, a coiled spring, 0, is used for this purpose. The short end of the lever N is projected beyond the rock-shaft and adapted to be depressed with the platform by weight of the passing vessel. In this form of apparatus the recording device above described may be employed by attaching the cam shown in Fig. '7 directly to the rock-shaft or by connecting such recording device to the said shaft by intermediate links or levers, as shown in Fig. 10.

The recording device having been already fully shown in connection with Figs. 1 to "5, I do not consider it necessary to give a detailed drawing of it in Fig. 7, and have merely shown the cam P placed upon the rock-shaft; The arrangement is such that the weight of the passing vessel will depress the platform,

and through it the short end of lever N, thus elevating the long end thereof and rotating the shaftcarrying the cam devices more or less, according to the size of the vessel. \Vhen the conveyer B is employed in this form of apparatus, it may have rollers b, and should be slack enough to allow the weight of the superimposed vessel to depress the platform.

In Figs. 10 and 11 I have shown a modification of the device shown in Fig. 7. In this modified form the platform which is to be depressed by the weight of the passing barrel is made much shorter than that shown in Fig. 7, and need not be more than a foot in length. It is not hinged at either end,- but is supported by and slides in vertical guides V V. The Weight of the barrel depresses the entire platform, operating the recording device, and after the barrel has passed the spring 0 operates to return the platform to its nor-' mal position.

I claim 1. The combination, with a way or chute for vessels or packages, of arock-shaft adapted to be operated by the size or weight of the passing vessel, cam devices adapted to be operated from said rock-shaft, markers adapted to be operated by said cam devices, a rotating stand or table, and means for rotating the same, substantially as described.

2. The combination, with a way or chute for vessels or packages, of a rock-shaft adapted to be operated by the size or weight of the passing vessel, cam devices adapted to be operated from said rock-shaft, markers adapted to be operated by said cam devices, a rotating stand or table and means for rotating the same, and a card adapted to receive the imprint from said markers, substantially as described.

3. The combination, with a way or chute for vessels or packages, of a rock-shaft adapted to be rocked by the passage of the vessel, and a recording device comprising an oscillating arm, markers carried thereby, a rotating stand or table and means for rotating the same, and a movable card to receive the imprint of the markers, substantially as described, and for the purpose set forth.

4. In an apparatus for counting vessels or packages, a recording device comprising markers, a cam for operating the markers, a card to receive the imprint, a rotating stand or table, and mechanism for rotating the stand or table, substantially as described.

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Witnesses:

GEORGE S. PAYSON, M. F. FAIRBANKS.

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